The Woods (album)
The Woods is the seventh and final studio album by the punk rock trio Sleater-Kinney. Released in 2005, the album was released to widespread critical acclaim. The album was produced by Dave Fridmann, whose earlier work includes collaborations with The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev. It represents a stylistic shift from their previous releases, fusing elements of album-oriented rock with the band's more characteristic punk rock sound, while continuing lyrical themes such as consumerism and personal relationships.
The Woods is available as a double vinyl set. Some copies are typical black vinyl, but others are colored. In the colored sets, the first record is a marbled light green color, and the second is a reddish brown with side D printed to look like a horizontal cross section of a timber.
Online music magazine Pitchfork placed The Woods at number 127 on its list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[10]
Rolling Stone placed The Woods at number 70 on its list of top 100 albums of the 2000s.[11]
Tiny Mix Tapes placed "The Woods" at number 89 on its list of Favorite 100 Albums of the 2000s.[12]
This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.[13]
Track listing
All songs written by Sleater-Kinney.
- "The Fox" – 3:25
- "Wilderness" – 3:40
- "What's Mine Is Yours" – 4:58
- "Jumpers" – 4:24
- "Modern Girl" – 3:01
- "Entertain" – 4:55
- "Rollercoaster" – 4:55
- "Steep Air" – 4:04
- "Let's Call It Love" – 11:01
- "Night Light" – 3:40
- "Everything" (iTunes bonus track) – 3:26
- "The Fox (Live)" (iTunes bonus track) – 3:13
Notes
- ^ "The Woods - Sleater-Kinney". metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-woods/critic-reviews. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ Phares, Heather. The Woods (album) at Allmusic. Retrieved 29 August 2005.
- ^ Ryan, Kyle (May 24, 2005). "Sleater-Kinney: The Woods > Music Review". avclub.com. The Onion. http://avclub.com/content/node/16397. Retrieved 11 December 2005.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (June 27, 2005). "Consumer Guide: Sustenance Enough? Sleater-Kinney: The Woods Pick Hit". The Village Voice. http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv605-05.php. Retrieved 11 December 2011. Also posted at "Sleater-Kinney: The Woods > Consumer Guide Album". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=12899. Retrieved 16 November 2005.
- ^ Clarke, Betty (May 19, 2005). "Sleater-Kinney, The Woods > Review". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1487825,00.html. Retrieved 11 December 2005.
- ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (May 24, 2005). "Sleater-Kinney: The Woods > Album Review". pitchfork.com. Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7240-the-woods. Retrieved 29 August 2005.
- ^ Ringen, Jonathan (June 2, 2005). "Sleater-Kinney The Woods > Album Review". Rolling Stone (975): p. 70. http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/7331034/sleaterkinney?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple1. Retrieved 29 August 2005. Posted on May 19, 2005.
- ^ Miccio, Anthony (May 24, 2005). "Sleater-Kinney The Woods > Review". stylusmagazine.com. http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3039. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
- ^ Harris, Keith (May 10, 2005). "Unsprung". The Village Voice. http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0520,harris,64003,22.html. Retrieved 11 December 2005.
- ^ Phillips, Amy (September 29, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 127. Sleater-Kinney The Woods". pitchfork.com. Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7707-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-150-101/3/. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
- ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31248017/100_best_albums_of_the_decade/8
- ^ http://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/favorite-100-albums-2000-2009-100-81
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=br_lf_m_593175_pglink_next?ie=UTF8&plgroup=1&docId=593175&plpage=3